[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H6299]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  May Your good word, O God, that comforts and gives strength, be with 
those who have suffered from violence and hatred and who have 
experienced the brutality of conflict. We remember especially those 
innocents who go about their daily lives seeking only to do their work 
and know their families and yet who suffer so tragically from the 
cruelty of malice and hatred. In spite of the strife known to nations 
and peoples, we pray that we will be instruments of peace and 
messengers of goodwill so that everyone may know the bounty of Your 
grace and Your peace. Amen.

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